Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Law Society may conduct an audit of:
(a) the compliance of an incorporated legal practice (and of its officers and employees) with the requirements of:
(i) this Part; or
(ii) the regulations or legal profession rules, so far as they relate specifically to incorporated legal practices; and
(b) the management of the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice (including the supervision of officers and employees providing the services).
Note for subsection (1)
Section 125(3) requires legal practitioner directors to ensure appropriate management systems are implemented and maintained.
(2) The Society may, in writing, appoint a suitably qualified person to conduct an audit under this section.
(3) The appointment may be made generally, or in relation to a particular incorporated legal practice, or in relation to a particular audit.
(4) An audit may be conducted whether or not a complaint has been made against an Australian lawyer with respect to the provision of legal services by the incorporated legal practice.
(5) A report of an audit:
(a) must be provided to the incorporated legal practice concerned; and
(b) may be provided to the Statutory Supervisor by the Society; and
(c) may be provided by the Society to the Regulator of another jurisdiction; and
(d) may be taken into account in connection with any disciplinary proceedings taken against legal practitioner directors or other persons or in connection with the grant, amendment, suspension or cancellation of Australian practising certificates.